AI infrastructure

Canvas

Website
Founded 2024Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Self-Improving AI

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Previously Iris

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Essam Sleiman

Founder/CEO

Essam is the Founder of Canvas AI. Previously, he built AI and continual learning systems at Twitch and AWS, co-founded Komma (sales automation), started CodeLab (largest builder student club), and is a published AI researcher in top conferences.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
3team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2024 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Y Combinator

Profile depthenriched profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
Pricing evidenceA pricing page was detected
Maturity: Not assessed · 4 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

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